Cabinet having tiltable receptacles



March 17, 1953 c. c. GARDNER 2,631,914

CABINET HAVING TILTABLE RECEPTACLES Filed Feb. 25, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 2.

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arch 17, 1953 c. c. GARDNER CABINET HAVING TILTABLE RECEPTACLES 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Feb. 25, 1946 Patented Mar. 17, 1953 CABINET HAVING TILTABLE RECEPTACLES Clair C. Gardner, Rockford, 111.

Application February 25, 1946, Serial No. 649,844

6 Claims. (01. 312-276) This invention relates to a magazine cabinet, and has for its principal object the provision of an easily rotatable and openable and closable cabinet, having a plurality of magazine receiving racks provided therein in circumferentially spaced relation, adapted to contain different magazines, the names of which may, if desired, be placed on suitable legends printed on the outside of the cabinet, so that any one of the magazines is instantly accessible for removal when the cabinet has been turned to the correct position and opened, and yet all of the magazines are concealed from view when the cabinet is closed, thus avoiding the unsightliness commonly associated with many conventional magazine racks, in which the magazines are left exposed, and protecting the magazines from dust and the likelihood of soiling due to handling by little children.

A salient feature-of the present device is the provision of door elements that are arranged to be swung outwardly from a closed position relative to the body of the cabinet, each being slidably connected on the inner side with a receptacle element for a magazine, one Of these l s.-

bly connected elements being hinged relative to the cabinet and the other element being operatively connected with a sleeve slidable on the lamp standard, on which the cabinet is mounted for rotation, in such a way that when the sleeve is moved endwise in one direction the door is swung open and relative sliding movement occurs between the door and the receptacle to ex pose the upper end of the magazine for easy removal, the door and receptacle being returned to their normal relationship in the closing of the door upon movement of the sleeve endwise in the opposite direction. In the present case, the doors are hinged on the cabinet and the receptacles are slidable upwardly and downwardly thereon.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet, with the doors shown closed;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view 'of the complete device, on a smaller scale;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing all of the doors swung open and the receptacles onthe inner sides thereof raised;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 of Fig. 1; r

Fig. 5 is a similar section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional detail on the lin 66 of Fig. 4;

2 Fig. '7 is a horizontal section on the line 'I'! of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 8 is a face view of the receptacle taken 'on the line 88 of Fig. '7.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts throughout the views.

The lamp forming a part of the combination device of my invention comprises a tubular standard 9, on a base l0, through which wires are extended in the usual way to the socket II for the electric light bulb l2 l3 is a suitable lamp shade, supported on a suitable bracket 14 projecting from the socket II. The cabinet 15 is rotatable about the standard 9 as, an axis, the top l6 and bottom l1, having center holes I8 and i9 through whichthe standard 9 extends, and the bottom I! resting on a spool 20, which spaces the cabinet in a predetermined elevated relation to the base l0. 2| isa metal collar suitably secured to the top l6 of the cabinet, at the center, through which a sleeve 22 is slidable in telescoping relation to the. standard 9. A knob 23 is preferably provided on the upper end of the sleeve 22 to facilitate up and down movement thereof. This sleevelz ispivotally connected at its lower end by means of ears 24 to a plurality of bell-crank levers 25, one for each of a plurality of magazine receptacles or racks 25 slidably mounted forupand .down movement on the inner side of doors, or leaves, 2! hingedly mounted at their lower ends, as indicated at 28, on the bottom I I of the cabinet. A throw-out arm 28 is provided in, connection with. each of the receptacles 2 6 to swing the doors .21 open simultaneously in the raising of the receptacles 26. the arms 29 being pivotally connected to the underside of the top 6 at one end on ears 30, and pivotally connected at their other end, with the upper ends of the bell-crank levers 25 on ears 3| projecting inwardly from the receptacles 26. A coiled tension spring 32 is provided in connection with each of the receptacles 26, interconnecting intermediate pointsof the arms 25 and 29, to assist in the raising of the receptacles 26 by means of the sleeve 22 and knob 23. It is desirable to have facilities for releasably locking the doors 2'! in opened and closed positions, and, for that reason, the sleeve 22 is arranged to be locked releasably in either raised or lowered position to a vertical keeper plate 33 secured to top !6. This keeper plate 33fwhich is longitudinally slotted, as indicated at 34, and has notches 35 and 36 in the upper and lower ends of the slot, is disposed alongside the sleeve' 22 and. receives in its slot a pin 3l'projecting radially from the sleeve. The pin 31 when entered in the lower notch 36, as shown in Fig. 4, looks the doors 2'! in closed position, but when the pin 31 is entered in the upper notch 35, as when the'sleeve has been raised to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, to open the doors 21, as shown in Fig. 5, the doors are releasably locked in that position. The turning of the sleeve 22 relative to the cars 24 previously mentioned is permitted by having the cars 24 on a separate collar 38, which is freely rotatable on the lower end of the sleeve but held against endwise movement with respect thereto.

The receptacles 26 may be of any suitable or preferred construction and slidably guided on the inner side of the doors 2! in any suitable manner, but, as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8,, I form the main body portion '39 of each receptacle from a single piece of sheet metal bent to provide an outer wall 40, a bottom wall 4|, and opposed side walls 42 and 43. are'preferably flanged, as indicated at 44, for attachment thereto of an inner wall 45, which I prefer be made of wood, the same projecting upwardly from the top of the receptacle to protect the upper end of the magazine against coming in contact with the underside .of the top 56 when the .doors are swung open and the receptacles are raised. The outer wall 40 of each receptacle has a plurality of vertical key-hole slots 46 provided therein, with the enlarged ends 4! lowermost, and these slots are designed to receive the head end portions of screws 48 .projecting from the inner side of the doors 2'! for slidably guiding the receptacles on the doors.

The top 16 of the cabinet, which is suitably held in fixed spaced relation to the bottom I! by means of corner posts .49, preferably has at least one opening 51] provided therein containing an easily removable and replaceable ash tray 5], as a convenience for smokers. the opening .58 being suitably closed by a hinged cover '52.

In accordance with my invention, I also contemplate providing -one or more disappearing receptacles 53 for the'smaller poc et-size magazines, as most clearly appears in Fig. Leach of i these receptacles being slidable up and down in a box 54 suitably suspended from the underside of the top 15 and being operatively connected with a hinged closure 55 by means of links 56,

that are pivoted at their upper ends to the inner side of the closure and at their lower ends to the opposite sides of the rece tacle. Two of these disap earing receptacles 53 have-been indioated in Figs. 1 and 3. the closures 55 therefor bein shown'in opened position in Fig. 3. A number of these smaller magazines may be stored in each of these receptacles 53. and, of course, will be concealed when the closures '55 are down. but-will have their upper ends raised suiiiciently above the level of the top l6 of the cabinet when the closures 55 are raised to permit easy selection and removal of a desired magazine.

The operation of the combination device is believed to be clear fromthe foregoing description. 'Although, of course, the'cabinet 15 is intended primarily for storage of magazines, it will beapparent that there is adequate space left inside the cabinet for storage and safe keeping of other things, and with that thought in mind the screws or pins 51, which pivotally connect the arms 25 ahdZEl-to the receptacles 26,. may be made easily removable to permit swinging any one of the doors'2'1 outwardly from the opened position, shown in Fig. 5, so as to per- The bottom and side walls mit placing articles in or removing articles from the inner confines of the cabinet.

It is believed the foregoing description conveys a good understanding of the objects and advantages of my invention. The appended claims have been drawn to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim:

1. In a cabinet of the character described, a housing having an opening, a door hinged at its lower end on said housing to close said opening, a receptacle attached to and slidable up and .down directly on the inner side of said door, a throw-out arm pivoted at one end to said receptacle and extending inwardly and upwardly from said receptacle into said housing and pivoted at its other .end to a part rigid with and inside said housing whereby said arm is adapted to open said door when the receptacle is slid upwardly, and means operable from outside said housing for giving said receptacle upward movement.

2. In a cabinet of the character described, a housing having an opening, a door hinged at its lower end on said housing to close said opening, a receptacle attached to and slidable up and down directly on the inner side of said door, a throw-out arm pivoted at one end to said receptacle and extending inwardly and upwardly from said receptacle into said housing and pivoted at its other end to a part rigid with and inside said housing whereby said arm is adapted. to open said door when the receptacle is slid upwardly, and means operable from outside said housing for giving said receptacle upward movement, comprising another arm pivoted at one end to said receptacle and extending downwardly and inwardly from said receptacle into said housing, and a plunger element movable up and down relative to said housing and pivoted to the other end of said last named arm.

3. A cabinet as set forth in'claim 2 including a tension spring connecting intermediate points of said throw-out arm and other arm to facilitate manual operation of said plunger in opening said door and raising the receptacle.

4. A cabinet as set forth in claim 2 including means for releasably locking said plunger element in an extreme position of endwise movement.

5. In a cabinet of the character described, a housing having an opening, a door hinged at its lower end on said housing to close said opening, a receptacle attached to and slidable up and down directly on the inner side of said door, a throw-out arm pivoted at one end to said receptacle and extending inwardly and upwardly from said receptacle into said housing and pivoted at its other end to a part rigid with and inside said housing whereby saidarm is adapted to open said door when the receptacle is slid up wardly, asupporting standard on which said housing is rotatable, and a sleeve in telescoping relation to said standard and movable endwise from outside said housing and operatively connected with said receptacle to give it upward movement.

6. In a cabinet of the character described, a

, housing having an open'inga door hinged at its lower end on said housing to close, said opening,-

a receptacle attached to and slidableup and down directly on the inner side of said door,. a throw-out arm pivoted at one end to said receptacleand extending inwardly and upwardly from said receptacle into said housing and pivoted at its other end to a part rigid with and inside said housing whereby said arm is adapted to open said door when the receptacle is slid upwardly, a supporting standard on which said housing is rotatable, a. sleeve in telescoping relation to said standard and movable endwise from outside said housing, and another arm pivoted at one end to said receptacle and extend"- ing downwardly and inwardly from said receptacle into said housing and pivotally connected at its other end to said sleeve whereby togive said receptacle upward movement upon upward movement of said sleeve.

CLAIR C. GARDNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number Number 6 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Pardee July 26, 18 87 Schindeler July 14, 1914 Eubank Oct. 7, 1924 Sheedy May 12, 1925 Kefier Dec. 10, 1929 Rosenthal June 17, 1930 Chisolm Dec. 4, 1934 Pieper Sept. 1'7, 1940 Pieper Sept. 17, 1940 Goldbert Dec. 25, 1945 Binus Mar. 12, 1946 Monnot May 20, 1947 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain May 19, 1932 Great Britain Aug. 2, 1934 Switzerland Feb. '16, 1944 

